Improvement in apparatus for carbureting air



gltten itat JACOB D. SPANGL-OF DAYTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No.v 109,148, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT I N APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING AIR.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

ToA all whom Vit may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB 'D. SPAL'G, of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery, and in the State ot' Ollio, have invented some new anduseful Improvements in Contrivances for Generating Gas; and I dohereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, references being had to the accompanying drawing making apart ot' this specification, in which- Figure 'l is an elevation of'niyimproved contrivance, showing the-tank which contains the material to beconverted into gas, and in which the gas is purified, the 'coil of pipein which the material'is heated, the tank for containing the supply oi'oil, the fan or pump for supplying the air, and the pipes for connectingthe parts to each other. y

Figure 2 is a plan View, with a portion of the cone broken away, so asto show the arrangement ot` the sponge-chamber.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation on lintI X X of Figure 4 is asectional elevation of' the fan or pump forsupplyiug air, showing itsinterior arrangements.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the rotating portion ot' the fan orpump. u Y

Figure (l is an elevation ofthe vessel, whicn is placed inside of thegasometer, and which contains the sponge-chamber'and gasreserv oir.

Corresponding let-ters refer to eorrcspoinling parts in the severalfigures.

This invention is intended asan important improvement upon thegaslnacliiucs patented to Andrew R. Spang and Daniel F Sheaf,Septemberlst, 1869, and that of Daniel' li. Shea, ot January 7th, 1865;and

It consists in a' pump for i'orcing air into the generator, and in thecombination and arrangement of some ot' the parts of which thecontrivance is composed, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

To enable those skilled in` the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A in the drawing refers to a tank, which is to containgasoline, or otherhydrocarbon oils. It may be of any desired site, and is to be so placedthat its contents will liow into the oilreservoir in the gasometer B,through a pipe arranged for that purpose, said gasoinctcr consisting oi'a cylindrical vessel, ot' any suitable diameter or length, it beingprovided with the usual movable conc B', as shown in iig. 3, saidportion chambers, O, C2, and D, the two first i'or containing and givingdirection to the gas, and the last forcontaining sponge, for aiding thevaporization of the oil;

All ot' the above-named parts are similar in their construction andarrangement to those in the parts above referred to, except that thelower portion ot vessel C is provided with a series of perforationsaround its lower end, for the passage of the gasoline from its interiort0 the chambers upon its sides, and,

this feature is the only one claimed in this ca se, it is not regardedas necessary to give a more minute description of 'them here.

ll in the drawing refers to an air-pump oiv novelconstruction, and whichforms aportion et' Inyinvention.

lt consists eta cylindrical vessel, of thc required lengthaud diameter,it being supplied with heads, iitting air and water-tight to its ends.

One of the heads of this cylinder is supplied with two try-cocks, (t a,placed at diiierent heights, for the purpose of determining the heightof the water in the ease.

Within this ease is placed a revolving hollow cylindex', one end otwhich is provided with a head, which is divided into four or more parts,one portion Vot each ot' thc sections being bent inward, so as to givesomewhat the appearance of a propelling-wheel,

or so as to leave passages ot' the air to the interior oi the cylinder,as shown in lig. 5.

This other end of this cylinder is, provided with a tight head, exceptthat it has an apertureat its center for the escape ot' the air, whichis drawn in at its opposite end. This cylinder is supplied with a shaft,which hasI its bearings in the heads of the outer cylinder or csing-said shaft heilig provided with a-.pulley, overwhich a holt passes,tor the purpose ot' rotating it.

ln order that the outer case may be partially filled with water, for thepurpose of being converted into spray, to be mingled with the airbcfore`such air is impregnated with the vapor of the gasoline or oil,there is placed around the shaft of the air pump a socket, E2, as shownin iir. 4, it having upon its outer end a reservoir. or chamber, whichrises above the water, and, being made water-tight, prevents any waterfrom entering the interior of vessel or cylinder F` The operation ofthis part oi the pump is as follows:

The cylinder El being rapidly rotated by means of the belt passing overa pulley upon the outer end ot' its shaft, air is driven in through anopening in the outer case, which, owing to the form of the open head ofthe cylinder enters it, and is expelled through the space around thesocket E2, from whence it passes ont of the outer case through a pipe,G, through which it is conveyed to the oil-reservoir, it having beencharged with the vapor of the Water in the ease E of the pump.

H refers to a pipe which enters the chamber D, which contains thesponge, at a point justbelow where the flange upon vessel (lf dividesthe oil from the gasehainber, from 'which point it extends outward anddownward, as shown in fig. l, to apointnealtthelower end of thegasoline-chamber, where it is formed into a coil, and from which itiscarried back to, and made to enter the oil-chamber near its bottom, theobject of this particular arrangement of the pipe being that the heavyportions of the gasoline or oil shall enter the pipe lirst, and thus heconverted into gas, for which' purpose there is provided a pipe, 112,.which leads from the outlet-pipe for gas, lwhich extends to and has aburner in its` outer end and directly under the coil, so that the heatarising from the gas burnedab that point shall vaporize the material inthe coil,

and cause such vapor to pass into one of the chain--` bers C, where itmingles with the air apdvapor oi water, from which point it passes upthrough pipes b into the gas-reservoir, from whence it 'may be taken foruse through pipe Iz, or it may be caused to pass -down through pipe Cinto contact with the oil in the.

reservoir, and out through pipe I or Il for use.

Having t-hus described my invention,

1. The within-described pump for forcing air, which has been impregnatedwith the vapor of water, into the oil or gasoline-chamber of agas-generating contrivauee, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The perforations in the lower portion of lthe gasoline oroil-chambery,substantially as and for the purposefset forth. Y

3. The arrangement of the pump E, the oil-reser voir A, and oil-chamberC, it being such that the oil is delivered tothe interior ofthereservoir at the saine time that air is being delivered to the chamber Cupon its outer surface,substantially in the manner shown.

Witnesses:

THEO. GRNICK,

Rom-:RT MeREYNoLns.

What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Pati Intestimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to

